A 24-year-old shop assistant attacked a customer who had come in to collect a carpet cleaner.
Blackburn magistrates heard the 73- year-old victim was on his way home from a hospital appointment because of a heart condition. And he was terrified he was going to suffer a heart attack after being struck with a clipboard and then knocked to the floor.
John Simon Lloyd, of Albert Street, Brierfield, pleaded guilty to assaulting Brian Whitham. He was made subject to community supervision for eight months and ordered to pay £100 compensation and £145 costs.
Nowhere in this report does it say
why the shop assistant decided to brain a customer…
'...because Brian Whitham could not defend himself' appears to be the missing element in the account of a 24 yr old shop assistant assaulting a 73 yr old customer.
ReplyDeleteJohn Simon Lloyd's risk assessment was sound and being completely unsuited for dealing with members of the public, he should consider the obvious plod option.
Never miss a chance for a dig eh Melvin? I suppose by Sunday your medication is wearing off and you get your prescription on Mondays.
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'Google translate ready and waiting.' A few days ago I informed you I would use simple words in a comment addressed to you, should I require your opinion directly, WC Jaded.
ReplyDeleteShort-term memory handicap is mitigated by paying increased attention or by making notes. You should write down anything of import, such as a reminder, a destination or a task, before taking on any new missions.
I do hope this helps.
Perhaps he didn't have the right change.
ReplyDeleteI was a witness to this assault, and I can assure you, the papers have twisted this story to make it sound more dramatic than it actually was.
ReplyDeleteThe elderly chap was being extremely rude and abusive torward the young lad behind the counter. After a load abuse, the lad threw a few sheets of paper in the mans direction (not a clipboard as some papers suggested) he then walked round the counter to leave the shop and the elderly chap moved infront of him to block his path and said ''your not fucking going anywhere'' so the lad pushed him away and he fell to the floor. Not the brutal assault that the papers would have us all think. I can't say I blame the lad!
"Perhaps he didn't have the right change."
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"I was a witness to this assault, and I can assure you, the papers have twisted this story..."
So now we have another mystery - why (if that's really what happened) was he the aggressor?
ReplyDelete'So now we have another mystery - why (if that's really what happened) was he the aggressor?'
The old bloke became abusive because the shop assistant was asking hime for ID to hire some sort of machine, he got irate because he was being asked to show ID when '' I'm not a fucking criminal'' (his words, not mine)
I'm not making exuses for the lad, he shouldn't have got physical, but he was extremely patient with an abusive customer for quite some time before he attempted to leave the situation. If the old chap wouldn't have tried to block his path, he wouldn't have pushed him in the first place.
He was guilty of a minor assualt, but he didn't appear to be the 'thug' that the newspaper portrayed.